Sidewalk Inspection

The following is the criteria the City of Oregon uses to determine if a sidewalk is deficient and is need of repair or replacement.

If a section of sidewalk meets any of the following criteria it will be marked with a white letter denoting the sidewalk deficiency. Sidewalk slabs marked with a white letter will be the responsibility of the property owner to repair or replace.

Sections of sidewalk marked with a white “O” will be replaced or repaired at the City of Oregon’s expense if it is determined that a public infrastructure (sewer and water mains, sewer manholes, catch basins, ... etc.) or a tree in the right of way has caused the damage.

Stub Toe - S

The vertical misalignment along any part of the seam between two slabs, or between sections of a cracked slab, of 1/2" or more, or deemed hazardous by engineering judgment

Cracked Slabs - C

Slabs fragmented by cracks into 4 or more sections and/or where any one of the gaps is greater than 2" and prohibits the sidewalk from functioning as designed

Traverse Slope - T

Any individual slab or portion of a slab shall not slope either toward the street or the adjoining property at a ratio of more than 5/8”per foot (1:20)

Longitudinal Slope (Sunken or Raised Sections) - L

Any sidewalk panels that have lifted to a peak or sunken such that the slab or portion of a slab deviates from the average line of the sidewalk surface level at a ratio of more than 1” per foot

Gaps -G

Opening in between sidewalk slabs greater than 2” in width, or those caused by the absence of a fragmented section of sidewalk exceeding 2” in width

Spalling (Pitted) Slabs - P

Slabs whose surface is granular or if a chunk of the sidewalk surface greater than 2" in width has broken out, and the result is a hole ½” or deeper

Public Utility Damage - O

Any deficiencies in a slab or part of a slab that are deemed to be caused by public infrastructure (sewer and water mains, sewer manholes, catch basins, ... etc.).

Damage deemed to be caused by public infrastructure will be the responsibility of the City of Oregon.

Tree Root Damage - O

Any deficiencies in a slab or part of a slab that are deemed to be caused by tree roots from a tree in the city rigt of way.

Damage deemed to be caused by tree roots from street trees in the right of way will be the responsibility of the City of Oregon.

To avoid cutting tree roots or removing trees, the slab replacement may require a change in the sidewalk alignment.

Every effort will be made to preserve trees.

The City of Oregon Tree Commission will be consulted regarding the useful life of some street trees in the right of way.

Street trees in the right of way that are deemed unhealthy or potentially hazardous by the City of Oregon Tree Commission will be removed and replaced with a new tree suitable for the location.

Damaged sidewalks caused by trees outside the right of way shall be the property owner’s responsibility to repair or replace.

The removal and replacement of any trees outside the right of way shall be at the property owners discretion and cost.